First draft, that is, but it still counts...
I have mixed feelings about it. I mean, I still have lots to work, and will only do it in one or two months after I finish my exams, but still it was one very very interesting journey. Since I made my characters go all over the world, it was exciting to do all the research and then portray the world in your mind, then put it on paper. In a way I consider it to be similar to a movie, a movie you direct and do it then way you want.
But then again, that was HARD work. And note to self, I'm never writing a novel in an exam year. In two months I'm supposed to have my final high school exams, and writing a novel, studying for the exams, doing courseworks and trying to be fit has taken a serious toll. After this is over I'll probably sleep for a whole week...
Still, it's very satisfying. Having a novel under your belt, and when you're only 18, makes it even better. I'm not taking out the champagne yet, since I still have to do the editing and then the submissions, but I feel that it's a good start. And even if I don't get it out on the market, I made a big step towards the future and maybe perhaps the top NYT list. Yes, I know, I have big dreams, but I have the time, and since I'm taking a gap year, I have enough to focus 101% on my writing, hone it, improve it as much as possible and then continue, regardless of the fact that I will be rejected now or my novel will be accepted.
I don't consider it to be a novel that needs to be trunked. Even in this state, I feel it's an enjoyable novel and in no way I consider it that bad to put it away for twenty years and then come back to it just to have a laugh. But then again, we'll see what the market says about it.
Good luck to anyone working on their novels. It's an interesting journey and you will get addicted after your first one is done.
I have mixed feelings about it. I mean, I still have lots to work, and will only do it in one or two months after I finish my exams, but still it was one very very interesting journey. Since I made my characters go all over the world, it was exciting to do all the research and then portray the world in your mind, then put it on paper. In a way I consider it to be similar to a movie, a movie you direct and do it then way you want.
But then again, that was HARD work. And note to self, I'm never writing a novel in an exam year. In two months I'm supposed to have my final high school exams, and writing a novel, studying for the exams, doing courseworks and trying to be fit has taken a serious toll. After this is over I'll probably sleep for a whole week...
Still, it's very satisfying. Having a novel under your belt, and when you're only 18, makes it even better. I'm not taking out the champagne yet, since I still have to do the editing and then the submissions, but I feel that it's a good start. And even if I don't get it out on the market, I made a big step towards the future and maybe perhaps the top NYT list. Yes, I know, I have big dreams, but I have the time, and since I'm taking a gap year, I have enough to focus 101% on my writing, hone it, improve it as much as possible and then continue, regardless of the fact that I will be rejected now or my novel will be accepted.
I don't consider it to be a novel that needs to be trunked. Even in this state, I feel it's an enjoyable novel and in no way I consider it that bad to put it away for twenty years and then come back to it just to have a laugh. But then again, we'll see what the market says about it.
Good luck to anyone working on their novels. It's an interesting journey and you will get addicted after your first one is done.
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